2003
Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents
Fagan J, Galea S, Ahern J, Bonner S, Vlahov D. Relationship of Self-Reported Asthma Severity and Urgent Health Care Utilization to Psychological Sequelae of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center Among New York City Area Residents. Psychosomatic Medicine 2003, 65: 993-996. PMID: 14645777, DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000097334.48556.5f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrgent health care servicesUnscheduled physician visitsSevere asthma symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderAsthma symptom severityHealth care servicesSymptom severityAsthma symptomsAsthma severityPhysician visitsPsychological sequelaeNew York City-area residentsCare servicesUrgent health-care utilizationPhysician office visitsEmergency room visitsHealth care utilizationRandom digit dial telephone surveyDial telephone surveyAsthma measuresIndependent predictorsCare utilizationOffice visitsRoom visitsSomatic illness
1991
Utilization of health services in a cohort of intravenous drug users with known HIV-1 serostatus.
Solomon L, Frank R, Vlahov D, Astemborski J. Utilization of health services in a cohort of intravenous drug users with known HIV-1 serostatus. American Journal Of Public Health 1991, 81: 1285-90. PMID: 1928527, PMCID: PMC1405342, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.10.1285.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous drug usersCD4 cell countDrug usersHealth servicesHIV serostatusClinical symptomsHIV-seropositive intravenous drug usersHealth insuranceCell countAsymptomatic HIV-1 infectionSeropositive intravenous drug usersHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHIV-seropositive drug usersOngoing natural history studyLow CD4 countHIV-1 seropositiveImmunodeficiency virus infectionHIV-1 serostatusHealth care utilizationHIV-1 infectionHIV-positive serostatusNatural history studiesHealth care servicesCD4 countMore HIV